ethinyl estradiol

noun

Definition of ethinyl estradiol

: a very potent synthetic estrogen C₂₀H₂₄O₂ used especially as an oral contraceptive

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Recent Examples on the Web Taytulla, also called ethinyl estradiol, gained Food and Drug Administration approval in 2013. — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 29 May 2018 Tyler’s experiments looked at one type of synthetic estrogen: ethinyl estradiol, or EE2, which is found in oral contraceptives like TriNessa and Seasonique. — Becky Little, Smithsonian, 31 July 2017 One environmental estrogen is ethinyl estradiol—a chemical found in birth control pills. — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016

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ethinyl estradiol

noun

variants: or ethynylestradiol \ ˌeth-ə-nil-ˌes-trə-ˈdī-ˌȯl

, -ˌōl

\ or chiefly British ethinyloestradiol or ethynyloestradiol \ ˌeth-ə-nil-ˌē-strə-ˈdī-ˌȯl

, -ē-ˈstrad-ē-ˌȯl

, -ˌōl \

Medical Definition of ethinyl estradiol

: a white crystalline very potent synthetic estrogen C₂₀H₂₄O₂ prepared from estrone and used in combination (as with norgestrel or norethindrone) as a birth control pill or alone in the treatment of menopausal symptoms or female hypogonadism or in the palliative treatment of prostate or breast cancer — see loestrin, minastrin, nuvaring, ortho evra, ortho-novum, ortho tri-cyclen, seasonale, seasonique, yasmin, yaz